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The Armchair Trainer(TM) (Dog training video) [VHS]

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My father has been in a wheelchair for over twelve years. After seeing a film on T.V. about goldens being great wheelchair companions, I decided to give my father a golden retreiver puppy for his 62nd birthday. My father named her puppy Mary. When I brought Mary home, my father and I quickly realized this puppy needed training. After purchasing several videos off of the internet, we realized that none of the videos had any information on wheelchair training. Finally I found a video called The Armchair Trainer on Amazon.com. To our surprise, The Armchair Trainer was the only video that offered wheelchair training. After purchasing the video, my father and I started Mary's training. We have been working with Mary for over four months and can see a great improvement in my father's ability to control Mary. My family and I highly recommend this training video regardless of whether there is a need for a wheelchair or not. It was definitly the most informative and helpful video that we bought.

The Armchair Trainer video has helped me solve many of the problems I was having with my 80 pd. golden retreiver "Rowdy". I found this video to be not only helpful but unique in the fact that most of the basic commands can be taught while sitting in a chair. Thanks to The Armchair Trainer video, Rowdy now sits and lies down nicely at my side while I work at the computer instead of jumping and grabbing at my hands all the time.

The author, Mrs. Joan Lask has had many years experience teaching and training people how to work with dogs of all breeds and sizes. She is very lively yet has the patience of Job. The trick to training is getting the owners actively involved. Joan shows how to become a happy dog owner in an entertaining, interesting manner. Anyone who has watched her training classes in person can appreciate this film more. I am one of those so fortunate.

Joan also teaches people to become dog trainers. So, part of her thrust in the film also includes topics helpful to those who may view dog training as a vocation. The director helped Joan show various aspects of her "armchair method," in the video such as training a dog how to sit while working on the WWW.

Joan does not have the name recognition of Barbara Woodhouse yet but her techniques and skills are comparable. I highly recommend this video for the potential dog owner, those who have just acquired a pet and people encountering behavioral difficulties with their beloved dogs. This is one video that will be viewed again and again as well as kept for reference.

Dr. Alan Kardoff, Mgmtdr@hotmail.com

I purchased this video for my son so he would learn how to train his new dog. He followed the instructions, and now he has a well trained and behaved pet.

I read one review that was not very flattering. I think the reviewer forgot the video was made to teach beginners how to train their pets. Its not a video for AKC finishing.

I thought my dog was perfect since I have trained it to sit, lay-down and come. However, since I trained my dog with food it only obeys me when I have food. After using this video, and training my dog the correct way, my dog obeys my commands in any situation. Thanks U-Train!

This isn't a training tape, it's a pitch to get you to buy things from her website. The information appears to be ripped straight off an Animal Planet show. The tape quality is horrible and the editing was apparently done by a ten year old child.
This trainer says she's a top trainer? I searched goggle and AKC records and I can't find *one* mention of any of her "acheivements"- little wonder after seeing this feeble attempt at a training tape.
SAVE YOUR MONEY AND SKIP THIS ONE!!

Good video! Saved me a lot of time and money by showing me how to do everything myself. My Pomeranian, Lab, and Cockapoo were following commands after just a few days! Also, some of the training aids from the video are such a relief! My lab learned to ring the little bells when he needs to go out, and with one squirt of the sour spray has learned not to bark at strangers- I would recommend this video to anyone! Terrific, fast and helpful!

This video is awful. Why would anyone choke their dog like the sadist pretending to be a dog trainer in this video?
I understood a little better reading the more realistic reviews - apparently, the video trainer is a fraud, which would sure explain the cruel punishments that she puts animals through. I shudder to think that people pay her in real life to train a dog - they must be crazy!

Cruel, outdated training methods used by a no talent dog trainer ( sorry, ask around in the Greater Atlanta Area if anyone has heard of this woman as a trainer, they just laugh and use the word "self-promoting" alot )
Bad advice given in a cheesy, poorly shot tape that fails to explain vital training concepts - this tape would not be worth viewing, even if it was free. Sad for the poor suckers that actually bought this piece of junk tape.

I notice that the people that are happy with the tape are all glad that they can sit while training. Maybe they need to consider getting a cat instead.

I don't know if it gets any easier to train a dog. The Armchair Trainer video took me step-by-step through the process of training my American Bulldog. I have tried taking him through obedience classes before but it never quite worked out. The Armchair Trainer method really works!